Comments about ‘Unaccompanied children from Central America head 'north' as a matter of survival, local advocates say’

On July 7th, the Federal Government issued an intelligence report analyzing the
influx of illegal alien children appearing at the southern border of the United
States. They collected data in May and June in preparation for the report
entitled, Misperceptions of U. S. Policy Key Driver in Central American Migrant
Surge.A survey of these migrants in late May revealed that 219 out of the
230 surveyed (that's 95%) came here because they had been told by the media
that they would be given permisos simply by showing up at the border. Further,
they were advised that immigration enforcement in the United States was so lax
that the odds of being deported were NIL.This intelligence reports
disagrees with this DN atrticle:"EPIC assesses homicide trends and
migrant interviews suggest violence is likely not the principal factor driving
the increase in UAC migration. While CBP data from early fiscal year 2011
indicates a steady increase in OTM and UAC migration, United Nations Office on
Drugs and Crime (UNODC) statistics— within this same timeframe— show
a decline in per capita homicide rates in these three countries; El Salvador saw
the sharpest decline, followed by Honduras and Guatemala, respectively."

The US government should have been more proactive in helping the countries that
are causing the problem with their crime and violence situations. Other than
that, if these kids were potential GOP voters one day, The WH wouldn't let
them get past the Guatemala Mexico border

I am sure there are some unaccompanied children. However, most of the pictures I
saw were of MOTHERS and children, plus a lot of teenage boys and men. There
should be some sorting out and "redistribution" back to their
homeland.

BUILD THE FENCE! If Obama won't do it, then the
southern states need to do it NOW! Stop the flow. When these people know they
can't get through, they will stay in their homeland. We can't take in
everyone in the world who wants to come here.

There are many people
from the Middle East now slipping across the border. We must build the fence!
Our own safety (not just theirs) depends on it!

This is a bunch of baloney. If they were just trying to survive why do they
come so far north? And wny don't we hear about the great number of
children fleeing to Columbia, Argentina, etc. If this was a refugee problem it
would affect the entire region, not just the southern US boarder.

Failure to secure our border and prevent illegal trespassing across the border
is the root problem for Americans.

We cannot fix our own problems,
and have no responsibility, legal or moral to fix the problems of violence or
poverty or whatever in every other country on earth. (Although, we do quite a
bit of that voluntarily anyway.)

It is our own fault if we have
passed laws (or edicts have been issued by Obama) that allow anyone who shows up
to parrot a few magic words and win asylum. We all know that any citations and
scheduling of hearings in the future is a total joke and that 95% of those
admitted pending review of their cases will never be seen again. This
effectively reduces the U.S. border, sovereignty and purported "rule of
law" to a laughable fantasy but confirmation that the United States is a
weakened nation that is collapsing from within.

We simply must secure
the border and prevent anyone from crossing illegally. Not babysit them
afterwards, but physically prevent them from touching our soil.

Legal
immigration is good, illegal immigration is intolerable. You cannot support
both.

Finally gave up posting comments? Too many people disagreed with you?
That's a liberal for you. You only tolerate views like yours. And it proves
you're on the side of the minority on this issue. 60% of the public wants
these kids sent back.

Shut the borders, fine businesses that hire
illegals, ship these kids back, and under no circumstance grant amnesty to
someone who entered this country illegally. The current law doesn't need to
be reformed. It needs to be enforced.

And any call for compassion can
easily be traced to the Democratic Party, businesses that employ illegals, or
churches after new congregants.

When the South Side of Chicago is pacified by the Catholic Church or the Rahm
Immanuel's Administration, and only then will I have compassion for the
adolescents attacking our southern border in human waves. Thirty of them
relocated to Oklahoma are from India according to their governor. Now HHS has
doubled the number from 300 to 600 and wont let the her people visit anymore.
She is worried that they will be held there longer than the 120 days she was
told that they would take up the army base facilities.It looks like
Oklahoma will be a dumping ground state because the have a Female Republican
Governor while Louisiana and Arkansas will not. No politics involved
here.

@Say No to BO:"This intelligence reports disagrees with this DN
article..."

Surprised the DN allowed the report to be printed.

A recent report by a State Immigration Service Working Group shows most
illegals say they're from the Central American countries but are really
from Mexico. They're reportedly instructed to say this by the coyotes who
know deportation will be likely cancelled for illegals from Mexico.

@BYUalum:"BUILD THE FENCE!"

Impossible to build along
the Rio Grande River border. Where would it be built? Down the center of the
river? Tough job. Can't be built on the Mexican side. That belongs to
Mexico and likely would not be permitted. Can't build it on the American
side which would limit Americans' access to the water and to thousands of
acres in the oxbows of the winding river channel.

@one old man:"Remember, it is Congress that controls the purse strings. Not the
President. "

But remember, Obama tells us he has a phone and a
pen.

@MapleDon:"...and under no circumstance grant amnesty
to someone who entered this country illegally."

I would say that
anyone who enters illegally would never get citizenship, period.